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Writings based on Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand's most popular novels are Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, which present her philosophy, Objectivism, in vivid characterizations.

  Metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, esthetics, and  politics are the five main branches of philosophy that she identifies. Utilizing her methodology, one can be rational about all aspects of life. These essays present my understanding of Objectivism.

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 Jesus or Ayn Rand?

Don't Blame Wall Street

Governments and Individual Rights

Anarcho-Capitalism rebuttal

Doctors and Individual Rights

Internet Freedom VS On-line Piracy

Laws Must be Specific to Preserve Freedom

To Students of Objectivism

Kant as Founder of Modern Art

Thinking in Terms of Principles

The Purpose of Art

On Objectivity -- The Method of Thought

Applications of Philosophy

Happiness by a Proper Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Sciences

Philosophy has five main branches: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics, and esthetics. Metaphysics deals with the fundamental nature of existence; epistemology deals with the fundamental nature of man's means of knowledge and its role in understanding existence; ethics is the application of these two branches to how man ought to live; politics deals with  how men ought to interact in a social context, including establishing a government; and esthetics deals with the role that art plays in presenting a philosophy in readily perceivable forms.

Along with the five main branches of philosophy, I have added a section for the special sciences (or applications) and for current affairs.

Because these essays were not originally intended to be subdivided into philosophic categories, there is a lot of overlap in the writings.

Special Sciences

The Possibility of Discovery (1998)

Math Lesson (1999)

Measurement (1999)

Space and sight (2002)

Physics

Autos and advances in technology (1998)

Elementary Wave Theory (1998)

Gravitation inquiry (1998)

Physics and Philosophy (1998)

Newtonian Gravitation and Causality (1999)

Relativistic Mass (1999)

Simultaneity (1999)

Sunspots and Clouds Confirmation (2003)

Archeology

Re-creating the Garden of Eden (2002)

Engineering

3D Imaging Theaters (1999)

Evolution

Evolution (2002)

Oceanic Research (2002)

Space Exploration

Space Exploration (1999)

The Black Hole of Cosmology (1999)

History

Did Enlightenment philosophers reject Aristotle (2003)

 

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